Tag: #British India
Articles tagged with #British India
The Evolution of Empire
Empires are like living organisms, they grow, mature, and die
Looking back at the 1923 Nepal-Britain Treaty
British envoy to Nepal William O’Connor and Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher after signing the treaty on 21 December 1923.Nearly 100 years ago,…
Letting go of Sikkim's ghost
King Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last Chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim with his wife Hope Cooke.Nearly half-a-century after the overthrow of Palden…
Smallpox, politics and power in Kathmandu
The third in a series about how epidemics in the past determined the course of Nepal’s history